Helicopter footage shows dust devil in field
Helicopter footage shared with the BBC shows a dust devil crossing the Kent landscape.
An Air Ambulance Charity Kent Surrey Sussex crew captured the footage on Friday while returning to the aircraft's base in Rochester.
The weather phenomenon was seen north-east of Leeds Castle and north-west of Lenham.
Dust devils are dust-filled vortexes of air that mainly occur where the ground is dry and high surface temperatures produce strong updrafts, according to the Met Office.
These conditions are typically found in desert and semi-arid areas.
July 2026 was the driest in England since records began 190 years ago.
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